GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
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| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| clime | climate |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |